Letter from William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, The Ferns, Witcombe, Gloucester, to Arthur Rucker Says that the news of his brother-in-law's engagement is one of suffering and happiness. Suffering because he had thought Reginald Hawthorn Hooker had the possibilities of confirmed bachelorhood and Thiselton-Dyer had no idea that Rucker's daughter Olive and Reggie had more than a casual acquaintance. And happiness because of his warm regard for both. Recalls the similarity of another marriage made between two scientific families, the Dillwyns [Thereza Rucker was Lewis Weston Dillwyn's great-granddaughter] and how Olive and Reginald's union goes beyond it. Praises Reginald's intelect and his work at the Board of Agriculture and says he should be an acceptable son-in-law for the Ruckers. Adds in a postscript that he visited the Sinclairs the day before and that they had been deeply interested in the news. 15 October 1910